Example sentences of "[vb mod] see the [noun] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Valencia , Alicante , Gandia — you should see the beach at Gandia , as white as I used to be — ’ |
| 2 | This is the background against which we must see the departure of William Charles Titford for London . |
| 3 | ‘ Okay , I 'll see the thief of Baghdad for you . |
| 4 | If you look east , in the distance you 'll see the peaks of Aran Benllen and Aran Fawddwy . |
| 5 | You may see the location of Ellen Terry 's cottage at Winchelsea , the billowing sail of Captain Locker 's ship ( see p.200–201 ) , the Tower of London ( as used on the Public Record Office plate ) , the crest of Charles Dickens , to which he was not entitled , having annexed it from a 1625 grant to William Dickens , and the forty quarterings of the arms of Sir Francis Fust . |
| 6 | Cardiff could see the sweat on Jimmy 's brow . |
| 7 | Along the landing he could see the door of Stevie 's and Midge 's bedroom open . |
| 8 | She could see the back of Hillmarden House where her child lay sleeping and where no doubt Miss Maynard was sitting with her supper tray , watching Wogan . |
| 9 | He could see the apprehension on Duncan 's face . |
| 10 | We could see the village of Ibsley off to our right so down a side road we trudged and found a cycle repairer — almost every village had one . |
| 11 | I fancied that I could see the lights of Porkkala to the south ; west — for the coast bends south along here — but Signe said that it would be too far away . |
| 12 | St Bridget is supposed to have quickly twisted some dry reeds into the form of a cross , so that a dying pagan could see the symbol of Christ and perhaps enter Heaven . |
| 13 | Away to the south-west , on the far bank of the river , standing up on the desert bluffs , we could see the Pyramids of Giza , shimmering through the haze above the city . |
| 14 | I could see the nape of Mrs Goreng 's neck in the front seat ; she 'd put her hair up . |
| 15 | If he could see the sense behind Darwin 's arguments , it is unlikely that his subscribers would ; and it was for their tastes that he catered . |
| 16 | And my pictures were upside down but I could see the rings of Saturn with it , which was more than what Galileo saw first when he looked , he thought there was two stars at either side of Saturn . |
| 17 | He could see the outline of Hurst Castle , but in the middle of the Needles Channel was a circular white blob surrounded by snowflakes . |
| 18 | She could see the face of Tim thrust out of the window and guessed that the look of triumph playing over it was in expectation of the early capture of herself ! |
| 19 | Away to his right the pier , jutting out into the harbour , hid the back of the Garlands ' premises from his view , but he could see the scaffolding behind Benson 's where Francis had undergone either translation or extinction . |
| 20 | 1,000 jobs were lost in the UK , and this year could see the end of IBM 's ‘ no involuntary redundancy ’ policy . |
| 21 | They were laughing and talking as if nobody were there at all but the two of them and she could see the source of Felipe 's annoyance . |
| 22 | If he lingered at the end of the corridor he could see the class without Percy Makepeace seeing him . |
| 23 | Near Aldershot , where this was being tried , one could see the drainage of London being transformed thus into strawberries and cream . |
| 24 | I could see the line of Gastack Beck above Lockin Garth Force and traced the curve of the Ocky below Great Coum . |
| 25 | He could see the blood on McGowan 's clothes . |
| 26 | To the left , I fancied — though the light might be playing tricks — I could see the horns of Cape Pilar , the western end of the Magellan Strait , and to the right the prouder outlines of Imperial Fortune , Mornington Island and the pleasantly ambiguous Isla del Duque de York . |
| 27 | We could see the ship to Hamburg coming closer . |
| 28 | She could see the bodies of Molassi and Rodomonte . |
| 29 | Ceauşescu 's typical response was to improve the distribution of food to his son 's county so that people would see the benefits of Nicu 's administration and quieten down . |
| 30 | This year will see the refurbishment of St Ronan 's Church , the medieval parish church beside the nunnery , but the outstanding needs are : nunnery , £200,000 ; St Matthew 's Cross , £20,000 ; other memorials , £30,000 ; interpretation , £40,000 ; grounds and gardens , £60,000 . |